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THE WE E K LY NEWS PA P E R FOR THE A I R C A RGO P ROF E S S IONA L


LAN brings forward plans for expansion


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BUDAPEST Ferihegy airport will shortly begin work on a brand new cargo ter- minal that could ulti- mately boost


cargo handling capac- ity of the Hungarian gateway from its cur- rent annual level of 80,000 tonnes


the


Schiphol hails its


ACF 2010 success


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will also be available. The airport will


on a modular basis up to an eventual 140,000m2


maximum. to


200,000 or even 350,000 tonnes a year. The final touches


act as the landlord at the cargo terminal and, with a ceiling clearance of 9metres, the warehouse will be high enough to accommodate rack- ing systemswhen the internal fitting out is done by the tenants. Part of the exist-


She believes that the new area will


allow Ferihegy to entice off-airport forwarders back into the airport precincts. The adjacent area to the new ter-


are being put to designs for a new freight facility to be built to the east of the airport’s Passenger Terminal 2, with construction work on the first 11,000m2


phase – plus 4,100m2 of


office space – expected to start next year in time for the first new tenants tomove in during 2012. The first cargo building will be


mainly used by handling agents, but plenty of space for freight forwarders


LUXAIRCARGO, the air freight han- dling operation within Luxembourg’s LuxairGroup, has begun processing the cargo of its latest client, SilkWay Airlines, which has launched a weekly


Soltau: “one thing we’re not short of ... is space”


ing cargo terminal at the airport will be retained, but the oldest sec-


tion will be demolished. Christa Soltau, vice


president of cargo and logistics at Budapest Ferihegy, added that permits can be obtained at short notice for the construction of a second 11,000m2


minal, estimated to be around 1.5 million square metres, will be devel- oped as a manufacturing and indus- trial area for high-tech industries such as pharmaceuticals, automotive and electronics. Soltau explained: “One thingwe’re


Pakistan: meeting the many challenges


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grows in northern Europe


Budapest plans new freight hub ACG adds African connection


freighter service operated by Luxem- bourg-based Cargolux. With its new cargo terminal con- nected to a good main road system,


AS REPORTED in ACWlast week, ACG Air Cargo Germany inaugu- rated a twice-weekly B747-400 freighter service between Frankfurt- Hahn airport and Johannesburg’s O R Tambo International airport on 20 November. After themaiden flight to South Africa’s economic and financial


not short of in Budapest is space, and prices are still very reasonable com- pared withWestern Europe.” Budapest is one of the


few places where tenants do not have to pay a significant premiumfor being on or near the


airport, she added. The gateway already


cargo terminal and further developmentwould take place


B747-400 freighter rotation from Shanghai to the Grand Duchy. Operations started on 10 Novem-


ber to take advantage of the Christ- mas rush.Hjoerdis Stahl, LuxairCargo


hosts local hubs for all of the major integrators, as well as a five times a week B747-400


LuxairCargo welcomes SilkWay B747-400F from Shanghai


vice president, commented: “The arrival of SilkWay Airlines strength- ens Luxembourg airport’s position as the fifth-largest air cargo platform in Europe.”


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centre, an ACG spokesman confirmed that the aircraft had been fully loaded – carrying 105 tonnes of cargo southwards. Northbound, the two weekly flights fromSouth Africa call at


Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi, where themain- deck capacity can be filled with flowers and other perishables bound formarkets in northern Europe. “Thanks to a number of binding block space agreements ... the


payload of our Johannesburg services will be significant over a foreseeable period of time,” said ACG chief executiveMichael Bock. The remaining capacity will bemarketed by Frankfurt-based


cargo general sales agent Sky Reps Aviation Services. Bock noted that the new Africa flights will have no influence on the air freight carrier’s current network or its schedules from Frankfurt-Hahn to destinations in theMiddle East, Central Asia, the Far East and India.


Budapest has ambitions of developing into a major regional air freight hub for both Eastern andWestern Europe, Soltau said.


29 November 2010


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